DuPage County Opinion
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No true balance of interests in abortionDec 02, 2017 12:00 am - In his recent letter to the editor, Mr. Theodore Utchen argued in support of America's approach to the abortion issue. I write in response only because his letter is suc...
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Dangerous buildupDec 02, 2017 12:00 am - I was just listening to Trump claiming we must add to our military budget. Since we presently have given our Pentagon a figure that exceeds that of the next seven countr...
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Consider the benefits of simplifying tax codeDec 02, 2017 12:00 am - In my three-plus decades in tax practice, the most common complaint I have heard about our tax code is that it is too complicated. A complaint with which I agree. Anothe...
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Tax cuts and STEMDec 02, 2017 12:00 am - The tax reform bill has been referred to as a big tax cut by its proponents, but it would in fact vastly increase the tax burden on one group of lower-income people and ...
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Door swings both ways on political respectDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - The Nov. 24 column from Kathleen Parker reinforces the public's low opinion of the media. Her tirade on Sarah Huckabee for simply asking if the press could share their t...
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Powerful and unscathedDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - Every day we hear about another male Hollywood celebrity, politician or TV personality going down due to accusations and even occasional self-admittances of sexual haras...
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Not-so-great expectations anymoreDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - Had Trump not intruded before Hillary could complete the "fundamental transformation" of America, which Obama had promised eight years before, I would not now be writing...
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Trophy huntingNov 30, 2017 12:00 am - No. 45 can raise my taxes … I will survive, but allowing exotic animal trophies, tusks, skins, heads is unspeakably cruel. The exotic animal population will never surviv...
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Economists ignoredNov 30, 2017 12:00 am - Thirty-seven out of 38 interviewed University of Chicago economists - one misinterpreted the question - said that the current versions of the GOP tax reform bill are sim...
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Rushed tax reform bill is devastatingNov 30, 2017 12:00 am - Following the narrowly passed House version of tax reform, Paul Ryan crowed "we're excited" - presumably "we" meaning the 227 Republican representatives who voted for th...